The owners, especially when supplemented by rebates, are flushing money every day they don’t look into upgrades.

I'd like to use real estate investment as a way to supplement my retirement and college education for my kids.

Supplementing oil shortage/prices via pumping the national STRATEGIC Reserves dry, a bad thing, DUH! 

Are you broke looking for something to pursue as a career or do you have a profession and are looking to supplement your income and/or save for retirement?

Let's say my objective is to supplement some of my wife's income gradually to eventually have her stay at home.

Too many tenants say it gets them sick, allergic, etc so I stopped exterminating inside and put it on the tenant. 

If you're serious about going this route to actually sell residential real estate and not just for supplementing your pursuit of being an investor, I would strongly recommend David's new book "Sold" (in the BP library). 

And with interest rates climbing, there may be a bit more leverage for buyers.How does one transition from a buyer-rookie (like me) to an investor who can supplement their income?

I'm torn between this job I'm not a huge fan of but makes a lot of cash to put towards investing. It's pretty tolerable but I'm trying to gain weight and it's hard when I walk routes every day. I've really been thinki...

Something to keep in mind when screening is that your prospective tenant might have a criminal record anywhere in the US, so be sure to do nationwide credit, criminal, and eviction and supplement those with local searches where you feel you need a more granular look.